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THE FIR TREE by Hans Christian Andersen

THE FIR TREE

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Pub Date: Sept. 1st, 1990
ISBN: 006178236X
Publisher: North-South--dist. by Picture Book Studio

Andersen's bleak tale of a wished-away life becomes no less bitter in Watts's oddly cheerful palette and delicately lined paintings. This adaptation retains the personality of the original: the tree's yearning is deeply felt; the ending appropriately melancholy.